Data Surveillance Information Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 227982**Salary**:

- £26,883 - £32,203**Grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Homeworking, Job share, Part-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- LondonAbout the job

**Summary**:
An exciting opportunity have has arisen for a Information Officer to join the London Health Protection team. The post is London based and at the current time we are working a mixture of on site and remote working.

**Job description**:

- Support Consultants and Practitioners in managing individual cases of infectious diseases and in outbreak management through follow-up and co-ordination of results and relevant data analysis to provide accurate and timely information to the HPU team
- Ensure robust data flow and reporting mechanisms for laboratory and clinical notification are in place to protect individuals and the local population and facilitate the continued improvement in the regional health protection function
- Ensure records relating to communicable disease notifications are processed and maintained to agreed protocols and standard operating procedures
- To enter on HPZone all notifiable diseases received from laboratories and to produce legally required statutory weekly returns to the Centre of Infections
- Assist the SIO with ensuring timely reporting is delivered to the Health Protection team and partner organisations as detailed on the team’s Surveillance reporting calendar
- Be responsible for developing, managing, maintaining and updating the team’s surveillance systems and databases for communicable diseases and environmental hazards for example enhanced surveillance of meningococcal disease and Tuberculosis. Ensure that data from a variety of sources, including files collected electronically or in written format are valid and accurately entered onto these systems

**Please refer to the job description for further information**

**Responsibilities**:
UKHSA’s local Health Protection teams provide a central part of how UKHSA works with partners to deliver its first function to protect the public’s health. They deliver this through a range of core functions including surveillance and monitoring, operational support and advice, education, training and research.

The Data Surveillance Information Officer (DSIO) supports the HPT to deliver an effective function by providing information and administrative support for the HP intelligence function. The postholder supports the team in developing the efficient flow, storage and retrieval of all data within the regional HP team, ensuring data integrity, analysis and reporting of the data and are instrumental in the enhancement of information systems used within the region, liaising with external bodies if necessary.

The DSIO liaise with Consultants in Health Protection, microbiologists and other professional and administrative staff in a number of organisations. They ensure that routine and ad-hoc reports are disseminated and have a key role in supporting the data needs of the HP functions of the region, e.g. outbreaks and other investigations.

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension

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**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Selection process details**:
This vacancy will assess the qualifications, knowledge/experience, ability, skills and commitment to equality and diversity detailed in the person specification.

STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT:
You will be required to submit a personal statement of suitability (Max 1500 Words) based on the essential criteria advertised.

Please be aware the box provided for this statement may allow more than the word limit requested so please do check your word count.

***Longlisting**

Applicants will be longlisted against the essential criteria.

If you meet the above criteria, you will proceed to the shortlisting stage.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview.

STAGE 2 - INTERVIEW:
**Interview Date**

**Reserve List**

**Location**

The post holders will be based Nobel House, London.

**Appointment**

This is a permanent appointment.

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band.

Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

For further details please refer to the Information Sheet - Starting Salaries & Benefits attachment.

**Further information**

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

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